Job 8:1-7

International Standard Version

² “How long will you keep talking like this?
    How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?
³ Does God pervert justice?
    Does the Almighty pervert what’s right?

⁴ “If your children sin against him,
    he’ll make them a prisoner^[a] of their sins.
⁵ If you seek God,
    if you ask the Almighty for mercy,
⁶ if you are clean and upright,
    surely then, he’ll act on your behalf
        and restore your rightful^[b] place.
⁷ Your beginning may be small,
    but later years^[c] will be very great.